PLUNGE, PLUNGED, PLUNGING
ADJECTIVES
1000 ► BEDOVE immersed, plunged → obs.
1000 ► BEDOVEN immersed, plunged → obs.
NOUNS
19C.. ► DEMBLE a plunge, as in liquid → Sc.
1820 ► WALLOP a violent, heavy, clumsy, noisy movement of the body; a plunging, floundering, lurching, etc. → chiefly Sc. & colloq.
1827 ► IMMERSEMENT a plunge, a plunging
1849 ► HEADER a headfirst fall; a plunge or dive head foremost → colloq.
1859 ► IMMERGENCE the act of plunging or sinking into anything
VERBS
..971 ► BESENCH to cause to sink, to submerge, to plunge down, to overwhelm → obs.
1590 ► IMPLUNGE to plunge in or into
1624 ► IMMERGE to dip, to plunge, to put under the surface of a liquid; to immerse
1706 ► IMMERGE to plunge or dip oneself in a liquid; to sink
1715 ► WALLOP to move clumsily or convulsively; to flounder, to plunge → Eng. dial. & colloq.
19C.. ► DEMBLE to dip or plunge in liquid; to splash → Sc.
1818 ► SCOUR to plunge → Sc.
1885 ► SCOWSH to plunge into water → Eng. dial.
1902 ► KEAVE to plunge → Eng. dial. (Bk.)